LETTER: Reader against ACA repeal

  Regardless of your political party affiliation, health care is important to all of us.  Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not perfect, it provides coverage for many people without health insurance and offers additional benefits to those of us on...

EDITORIAL: R-E-S-P-E-C-T (Just a little bit)

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   Wow! We are experiencing a twilight zone moment in our country and in our Tribe. We have forgotten most or all of what our ancestors, not to mention our mammas and daddies, told about treating other people. Back in the...

LETTER: Respect is two-way street

  Representative Mike Clampitt, NC House District 119, explained to his constituents, at his town hall meeting of Feb. 24 in the Waynesville Haywood County Historic Courthouse, how “in Raleigh we have red buttons and green buttons” to vote on matters...

COMMENTARY: March Madness and hypocrisy issue.

  Observations and random thoughts. Vol. 18.1 By WILLIAM LEDFORD   It’s been a busy few weeks. On the homefront, the battle of wits between the Executive and Legislative branches of tribal government continues to dominate the headlines of the local papers....

EDITORIAL: What is good is bad news?

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   Many things look bad. Whether you look at tribal or national politics, you can find things that will make you fearful, mad, and even disgusted. We recently asked you if you wanted us to continue publishing the arrest...